The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-29

southwest wind. She crossed the finishing line
at Gas o'clock. Her actual time on passage was
Is days, hour, % minutes and l3 seconds. She
has been towed into the harbor, and Is now
safely ut anchor.
All OF board the Dauntless are we'll, and the
yacht is in as good shape as when she left Owls
Head, nothing having been carried away. She
experienced about the same weather as the Cor
opet. A comparison of the logs of the two racers
indicates that they followed about the same
course Mr. Caldwell Colt. owner of the Daunt-
less, says that he encountered more wind than
bar9ained for For sixteen hours his boat was
obliged to lay to. Once she scudded before the
gale under bare poles When last from the
deck of tho Coronet, on the evening of the start,
the Dauntless was steering south southeast, but
during the night her course was changed to
northeast by east On March 16 she ran into
heavy cross sea, with a strong southeast gale.
Oil was used with good effect to break the
waves, and the yacht weathered her first storm
well. Next day the sea was even more turbu-
lent, and broke over the deck in rapid success
sion wrenching the yacht so much that she be-
gan to leak slightly. The temperature Of both
air and water on the afternoon of the 18th indi
Gated that ice was In close proximity, and 1t was
necessary to use precaution in running:
AT midnight the thermometer registered
"A degrees and the water 50. An hour later the
temperature of the air was 40 degrees and the
water %. At 6 o'clock on the night of the 10Th,
when heavy gale was blowing from the south
west smooth stretch Of water was run into
It's temperature indicated that there were ice
bergs near. There was quantity of field ice to
the leeward. and very near. On the Goth, 2lst
and 22nd, there were strong gales 1t was on
| the last of those days that the Dauntless hove
| to- Since last Thursday the weather was fine.
| On the 18th run of 1913 miles was made. which
| is said to be the best ever made by yacht on
| the Atlantic ocean. Fastuet light sighted
| at l30 in the morning. but the wind had died out
and the run along the coast was slow. The fol-
| lowing extracts from the log-book of the Daunt-
| less show the latitude and longitude and the dis
| lance made each day:
March 10, longitude 6s:3s, latitude 1908, dis
lance 232 miles; March Ia, longitude 6E1S, lati-
! tude 1851 distance 200 miles; March Is, longi-
| tude 61:29 latitude 4066 distance 100 miles;
| March l6 longitude 56:07, latitude 1908. dis
| tance 260 miles; March II, longitude 5247. lati
tude 44:29 latitude 42:05, distance 140 miles;
| March 49, lone itude 1880, latitude 1895, dis
lance 270 miles; March 20. longitude 1880, lati
tude 4410. distance 145 miles; March q, longi
| tude $780, latitude 44:41. distance 195 miles
March %, longitude 1913, latitude 46:l3, dis
| lance 100 miles; March %, longitude 1907, lati
tude 4607, distance 43 miles; March "a. longi
tude 31:44, latitude 47:05. distance 205 miles
March %, longitude 24:2O. latitude 1915, dis
lance 1928 miles March g. longitude l7:45, lati
| tude 50:47. distance 266 miles, March q, longi
| tude 13:45. latitude 50l6, distance 143 miles,
%. arrived at Queenstown. The last days rur
| was 325 miles.
During the storm of the 23d the cockpit wa:
| on several occasions filled with water, and
| altogether 1t was perilous time for the yacht
On the 2fth the sea was terribly rough and the
boat rolled 30 badly that the water tank burst
| The seamen were consequently put on tn.
smallest possible allowance of water. but late
| on they were plentifully supplied with ale ant
| claret and ultimately with champagne, instead
| of water. All on board arrived in the best o
health.
During one of the severe gales on the passag'
the two men were washed from the wheel ani
only saved from going overheard by the flashing
with which they were bound.